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Leonardo Drew was born in 1961 in Tallahassee, Florida, and he grew Leonardo Drew’s work has been exhibited across the USA and up in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Drew seemed bound to work as a internationally. Major solo exhibitions include Vigo Gallery, London, professional artist from a young age; his works were exhibited publically UK (2015); Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA (2014); for the first time when he was only 13 years old. By the age of 15 he was Selected Works, SCAD Museum of Art at the Savannah College of Art being courted by both DC and Marvel Comics to work as an illustrator. and Design, Savannah, GA, USA (2013); Existed: Leonardo Drew, Blaffer However, Drew would apply his talents to a very different artistic path. Gallery, Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA He became inspired by abstract works, especially those of Jackson (2009); Palazzo Delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Pollock and Piet Mondrian. Drew went on to attend the Parsons School Italy (2006); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian of Design in New York, and he earned a BFA from Cooper Union in 1985. Institution, Washington, DC, USA (2000); The Bronx Museum of the Drew’s works are always sculptural, although he tends to avoid making Arts, Bronx, NY, USA (2000); and Museum of Contemporary Art, San freestanding pieces. Instead, he will often mount objects onto panels Diego, CA, USA (1995). or directly to the wall, which can be seen as a nod to his beginnings as Recent major group exhibitions include Unsuspected Possibilities, a painter and draftsman. His seminal work “Number 8” features rope, SITE Santa Fe, NM, USA (2015); Summer Group Show, Galerie animal hide, raccoon skull, and even a dead bird that all hang together, Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland (2014); Material World, Denver Art all painted black, creating a deep, dark, and brooding sculptural take Museum, Denver, CO, USA (2013); Museum of Art and Design, on Pollock’s all-over drip painting. New York, NY, USA (2012); From Then to Now: Masterworks of Rooted in historical evidence, Leonardo Drew’s abstract sculptural Contemporary African American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art compositions are emotionally charged reflections on the cyclical Cleveland, OH, USA (2010); Lost and Found: Selections from the nature of existence—from the eroded fibres of human industry and MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, the urban tide of development to the awareness of ourselves as part IL, USA (2010); and Black Alphabet: Contexts of Contemporary of the fabric of a larger universe and a connection to all things. The African American Art, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, work reflects the universality of existence and the interconnectivity of Poland (2006). all beings to one another. It illustrates these relationships through a combination of the visceral qualities of the materials with the abstract Leonardo Drew’s works are also held internationally in public and sculptural forms the pieces make up. These cosmological frameworks private collections such as with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New are meant to mirror the organic reality of existence and reveal the York, NY, USA; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, resonance of life and humanity. USA; and the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, USA. Number 10C 數字10C, 2015, Wood and paint 木材和顏料, 123 x 121 x 15 cm (48 3/8 x 47 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.) Number 14C 數字14C, 2015, Wood, paint and screws 木材、顏料和螺絲, 89 x 64 x 18 cm (35 x 25 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.) Number 11C 數字11C, 2015, Wood and paint chips 木材和漆片, 65 x 64 x 13 cm (25 5/8 x 25 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.) Number 15C 數字15C, 2015, Wood, paint and screws 木材、顏料和螺絲, 83 x 61 x 14 cm (32 5/8 x 24 x 5 1/2 in.) Leonardo Drew於1961年在佛羅里達州塔拉哈西市出生,並在康 Leonarod Drew是一位卓越的藝術家,他的作品展出於美國以及 涅狄格州布里奇波特市長大。從小,Drew就似乎注定會成為一名 世界各地,主要個展包括:Vigo畫廊,英國倫敦(2015年); 職業藝術家。年僅十三歲,Drew便首次對公眾展出了他的作品。 安東尼邁耶美術館,美國三藩市(2014年);「精選作品」,薩 到了十五歲,他被DC漫畫公司和漫威漫畫公司特聘為插畫師。然 凡納藝術與設計學院藝術博物館,美國喬治亞州(2013年); 而,天賦異稟的Drew卻走上了一條非同尋常的藝術道路。抽像藝 「生存:Leonardo Drew」,侯斯頓大學美術館Blaffer畫廊,美 術賦予他無盡的靈感,尤其是Jackson Pollock和Piet Mondrian 國 侯斯頓(2009年);帕佩塞宮當代藝術中心,意大利錫耶納 的作品。Drew曾求學於紐約帕森斯設計學院,並於1985年在紐約 (2006年);赫希杭博物館和雕塑園,史密森尼學會,美國華盛 庫伯高等藝術聯合學院取得美術學士學位。 頓(2000年);布朗克斯藝術博物館,美國紐約(2000年); 以及聖地亞哥當代美術館,美國加利福尼亞州(1995年)。 Drew的創作主要為雕塑作品,他傾向於避免創作獨立式的部件, 反將物件嵌入板面或直接鑲在牆上,這樣的創作被視為是對他早 近期主要群展有:「未知的可能性」,SITE Santa Fe當代藝術中 期作為畫家和繪圖師經歷的一個回應。他的重要作品《數字8》由 心,美國新墨西哥州(2015年);「夏季展覽」Forsblom畫廊, 繩索捆吊在一起的獸皮,浣熊頭骨和鳥屍組成,作品整體被塗成 芬蘭赫爾辛基(2014年);「物質世界」,丹佛藝術博物館,美 黑色,以雕塑形式創造出一個深沉、黑暗和不安的氛圍,表達了 國丹佛(2013年);美國藝術與設計博物館,美國紐約(2012 Drew對Pollock滴畫的理解。 年);「彼時此刻:非裔美國當代藝術珍品」克利夫蘭當代藝術 博物館,美國俄亥俄州(2010年);「失物招領:芝加哥當代藝 以史實作為靈感,藝術家所創造的抽象裝置展示著對存在的循環 術博物館主要館藏作品展」,芝加哥當代藝術博物館,美國芝加哥 往復之本質、人類處境以及萬物相連的情感映射—從人類工業 (2010年);以及「黑色字母:美國非裔當代藝術語境」,Zacheta 留下的腐爛纖維物、城市發展的趨勢到人類自身作為浩瀚宇宙及 國家美術館,波蘭華沙(2006年)。 相聯萬物中一部分的覺醒。作品反映著存在的普遍性和萬物間的 關聯性。通過對材質內在特性的組合以及用它們拼湊出抽象雕塑 Leonardo Drew的作品也見藏於眾多國際公共及私人收藏,如紐 的形式,Drew用作品闡明箇中關係。貫徹作品的哲學架構反映出 約大都會藝術博物館,美國紐約;洛杉磯當代美術館,美國洛杉 現存的事物,展現著生命與人性之間的共鳴。 磯;以及普林斯頓大學藝術博物館,美國新澤西州。 Number 18C 數字18C, 2015, Wood and paint 木材和顏料, 216 x 147 x 37 cm (85 x 57 7/8 x 14 5/8 in.) Number 9C 數字9C, 2015, Wood and paint 木材和顏料, 312 x 287 x 92 cm (122 7/8 x 113 x 36 1/4 in.) Number 12C 數字12C, 2015, Wood and paint 木材和顏料, 58 x 62 x 11 cm (22 7/8 x 24 3/8 x 4 3/8 in.) Number 13C 數字13C, 2015, Wood, paint, and screws 木材、顏料和螺絲, 261 x 214 x 20 cm (102 3/4 x 84 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.) Number 16C 數字16C, 2015, Wood, paint and screws, 木材、顏料和螺絲, 63 x 61 x 14 cm (24 3/4 x 24 x 5 1/2 in.) Number 17C 數字17C, 2015, Wood and paint 木材和顏料, 86 x 66 x 15 cm (33 7/8 x 26 x 5 7/8 in.) Number 21C 數字21C, 2015, Mixed media, wood, paint, and glue 混合媒材、木材、顏料、胶粘剂, Dimensions variable 尺寸可變 Number 19C 數字19C, 2015, Cast paper and thread on paper 紙上鑄塗紙和線, 107 x 105 x 11 cm (42 1/8 x 41 3/8 x 4 3/8 in.) Number 20C 數字20C, 2015, Cast paper and thread on paper 紙上鑄塗紙和線, 96 x 107 x 32 cm (37 3/4 x 42 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.) LEONARDO DREW 1961 Born in Tallahassee, FL, USA 2000 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA 1981–82 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, USA The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, USA 1985 BFA, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY, USA 1999 Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, USA Present Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA 1998 Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA 1997 Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, USA Selected Solo Exhibitions 1996 University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2015 Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, China Currents: Leonardo Drew, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MI, USA Vigo Gallery, London, UK 1995 Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, USA Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland The Pace Roberts Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX, USA Pace Prints, New York, NY, USA Ground Level Overlay, Merce Cunningham Dance Company Collaboration, New York, NY, USA 2014 Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA 1994 San Francisco Art Institute, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco, CA, USA 2013 Selected Works, SCAD Museum of Art at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, USA Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY, USA Exhumation/Small Works, Canzani Center Gallery at Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH, USA Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Vigo Gallery, London, UK 1992 Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY, USA 2012 Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY, USA Pace Prints, New York, NY, USA Selected Group Exhibitions 2011 Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA Vigo Gallery, London, UK 2015 Unsuspected Possibilities, SITE Santa Fe, NM, USA Galleria Napolinobilissima, Naples, Italy Showing Off: Recent Modern and Contemporary Acquisitions, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA 2010 Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY, USA 2014 Summer Group Show, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland Window Works: Leonardo Drew, Artpace, San Antonio, TX, USA 2013 Material World, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA 2009 Existed: Leonardo Drew, Blaffer Gallery, Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA 2012 San Antonio Collects Contemporary, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, USA Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, USA Against the Grain—Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, USA DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, USA Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, USA Fine Art Society, London, UK 2011 Toward the Third Dimension, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO, USA 2007 Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY, USA The Bearden Project, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, USA 2006 Palazzo Delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy 2010 From Then to Now: Masterworks of Contemporary African American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, 2005 Brent Sikkema, New York, NY, USA OH, USA 2002 The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, USA Collected. Reflections on the Permanent Collection, Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY, USA 2001 Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA Lost and Found: Selections from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, IL, USA Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland 2009 Your Golden Teeth II, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2008 30 Americans, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA Public Collections North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, USA Corcoran Gallery of Art at the College of Art